English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
SUMMON, SUMMONS, SUMMONSES
Summon is a verb and it means to order someone to be present at a particular date and time: I will summon both parties tomorrow.
Summons is a singular noun and it means an order to appear before a judge or magistrate, or the writ containing such an order:
We received a ~summon~ last week. ✖️
We received a summons last week. ✔️
Summonses is the plural of summons:
We got three ~summons~ last week. ✖️
We got three summonses last week. ✔️
GAB
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